Camera lens

A camera lens is disclosed. The camera lens includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with positive refractive power; a fourth lens with negative refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power. The camera lens further satisfies specific conditions.

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Description
TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of optical elements, and more particularly to a camera lens used in a portable device.

RELATED ART OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE

The present invention relates to a camera lens. Particularly it relates to a camera lens very suitable for mobile phone camera module and WEB camera lens etc. equipped with high-pixel camera elements such as CCD, CMOS etc. According to the invention, the camera lens provided is composed of five piece narrow angle below 50°, total angle of view (hereinafter referred to as 2ω), and small sized lenses with excellent optical properties.

In recent years, various camera devices equipped with camera elements such as CCD, CMOS are extensively popular. Along with development on camera lens toward miniaturization and high performance, narrow angle and small sized camera lenses with excellent optical properties are needed in society.

The technology related to the camera lens composed of five piece small sized lenses with excellent optical properties is developed gradually. The camera lens mentioned in the proposal is composed of five piece lenses which are arranged sequentially from the object side as follows: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with positive refractive power; a fourth lens with negative refractive power and a fifth lens with negative refractive power.

The camera lens disclosed in embodiments of the prior Japanese Patent Publication No. 2015-121601 is composed of the above mentioned five piece lenses, but refractive power distribution of the first lens is insufficient and shape of the third lens and fifth lens are improper; 2ω=75.8° it is wide angle.

The camera lens disclosed in embodiment 2,3 of the prior Japanese Patent Publication No. 2015-165338 is composed of the above mentioned five piece lenses, but refractive power distribution of the first lens is insufficient and shape of the third lens and fifth lens are improper; 2ω=64.0° it is wide angle.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide an improved camera lens to overcome the disadvantages mentioned above.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will hereinafter be described in detail with reference to exemplary embodiments. To make the technical problems to be solved, technical solutions and beneficial effects of present disclosure more apparent, the present disclosure is described in further detail together with the figures and the embodiments. It should be understood the specific embodiments described hereby are only to explain this disclosure, not intended to limit this disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a structure diagram of a camera lens LA related to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a structure diagram of the definite Embodiment 1 of the above-mentioned camera lens LA.

FIG. 3 is a spherical aberration diagram of the camera lens LA in Embodiment 1.

FIG. 4 is a magnification chromatic aberration diagram of the camera lens LA in Embodiment 1.

FIG. 5 is an image surface curving diagram and distortion aberration diagram of the camera lens LA in Embodiment 1.

FIG. 6 is a structure diagram of the definite Embodiment 2 of the above-mentioned camera lens LA.

FIG. 7 is spherical aberration diagram of the camera lens LA in Embodiment 2.

FIG. 8 is a magnification chromatic aberration diagram of the camera lens LA in Embodiment 2.

FIG. 9 is an image surface curving diagram and distortion aberration diagram of the camera lens LA in Embodiment 2.

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

The present invention will hereinafter be described in detail with reference to exemplary embodiments. To make the technical problems to be solved, technical solutions and beneficial effects of present disclosure more apparent, the present disclosure is described in further detail together with the figures and the embodiments. It should be understood the specific embodiments described hereby are only to explain this disclosure, not intended to limit this disclosure.

FIG. 1 is the structure diagram of a camera lens LA related to an exemplary embodiment of the invention. The camera lens LA is composed of five piece lenses which are arranged sequentially from the object side to the imaging surface side including a first lens L1, a second lens L2, a third lens L3, a fourth lens L4, a fifth lens L5. A glass plate GF is arranged between the fifth lens L5 and the imaging surface. And a glass cover or an optical filter having the function of filtering IR can be taken as the glass plate GF. Moreover, it shall be fine if no glass plate GF is arranged between the fifth lens L5 and the imaging surface.

The first lens L1 has positive refractive power; the second lens L2 has negative refractive power; the third lens L3 has positive refractive power; the fourth lens L4 has negative refractive power; the fifth lens L5 has negative refractive power. Moreover, the surfaces of the five lenses should be designed as the aspheric shape preferably in order to correct the aberration well.

The camera lens LA meets following conditions (1)˜(3).
0.30≦f1/f≦0.50  (1)
−4.00≦(R5+R6)/(R5−R6)≦−0.10  (2)
−3.50≦(R9+R10)/(R9−R10)≦−1.50  (3)
Where,
f: overall focal distance of the camera lens
f1: focal distance of the first lens
R5: curvature radius of the third lens' object side surface
R6: curvature radius of the third lens' image side surface
R9: curvature radius of the fifth lens' object side surface
R10: curvature radius of the fifth lens' image side surface

The positive refractive power of the first lens L1 is specified in the condition (1). The development of narrow angle and small sized lens with excellent optical properties cannot be easily implemented outside the range of condition (1).

Therefore, numerical range of condition (1) should be set within the numerical range of the following condition (1-A) preferably,
0.40≦f1/f≦0.47  (1-A)

The shape of the third lens L3 is specified in the condition (2). The development of narrow angle and small sized lens with excellent optical properties cannot be easily implemented outside the range of condition (2).

Therefore, numerical range of condition (2) should be set within the numerical range of the following condition (2-A) preferably,
−3.00≦(R5+R6)/(R5−R6)≦−0.20  (2-A)

The shape of the fifth lens L5 is specified in the condition (3). The development of narrow angle and small sized lens with excellent optical properties cannot be easily implemented outside the range of condition (3).

Therefore, numerical range of condition (3) should be set within the numerical range of the following condition (3-A) preferably,
−3.00≦(R9+R10)/(R9−R10)≦−1.75  (3-A)

The second lens L2 has negative refractive power and meets the following condition (4).
−1.00≦f2/f≦−0.50  (4)
where,
f: overall focal distance of the camera lens
f2: focal distance of the second lens

Negative refractive power of the second lens L2 is specified in the condition (4). Moreover, the development of narrow angle, small sized chromatic aberration correction trend cannot be implemented easily outside the range of the condition (4).

Therefore, numerical range of condition (4) should be set within the numerical range of the following condition (4-A) preferably,
−0.75≦f2/f≦−0.60  (4-A)

The third lens L3 has positive refractive power and meets the following condition (5).
1.20≦f3/f≦3.50  (5)
where,
f: overall focal distance of the camera lens
f3: focal distance of the third lens.

The positive refractive power of the third lens L3 is specified in the condition (5). Moreover, the development of narrow angle and small sized trend cannot be implemented easily outside the range of the condition (5).

Therefore, numerical range of condition (5) should be set within the numerical range of the following condition (5-A) preferably,
1.60≦f3/f≦2.40  (5-A)

The fourth lens L4 has negative refractive power and meets the following condition (6).
−2.50≦f4/f≦−1.00  (6)
Where,
f: overall focal distance of the camera lens
f4: focal distance of the fourth lens

Negative refractive power of the fourth lens L4 is specified in condition (6). The development of narrow angle and small sized lens with excellent optical properties cannot be easily implemented outside the range of condition (6).

Therefore, numerical range of condition (6) should be set within the numerical range of the following condition (6-A) preferably,
−2.00≦f4/f≦−1.35  (6-A)

The fifth lens L5 has negative refractive power and meets following condition (7).
−2.50≦f5/f≦−1.00  (7)
where
f: overall focal distance of the camera lens
f5 focal distance of the fifth lens

The negative refractive power of the fifth lens L5 is specified in the condition (7). The development of narrow angle and small sized lens with excellent optical properties cannot be easily implemented outside the range of condition (7).

Therefore, numerical range of condition (7) should be set within the numerical range of the following condition (7-A) preferably,
−2.00f5/f≦−1.10  (7-A)

Because five piece lenses of camera Lens LA all have the stated formation and meet all the conditions, so it is possible to produce a small sized and narrow angle camera lens with excellent optical properties.

f: overall focal distance of the camera lens LA

f1: focal distance of the first lens L1

f2: focal distance of the second lens L2

f3: focal distance of the third lens L3

f4: focal distance of the fourth lens L4

f5: focal distance of the fifth lens L5

Fno: F Value

2ω: total angle of view

S1: Open aperture

R: curvature radius of optical surface, if a lens is involved it is central curvature radius

R1: curvature radius of the first lens L1's object side surface

R2: curvature radius of the first lens L1's image side surface

R3: curvature radius of the second lens L2's object side surface

R4: curvature radius of the second lens L2's image side surface

R5: curvature radius of the third lens L3's object side surface

R6: curvature radius of the third lens L3's image side surface

R7: curvature radius of the fourth lens L4's object side surface

R8: curvature radius of the fourth lens L4's image side surface

R9: curvature radius of the fifth lens L5's object side surface

R10: curvature radius of the fifth lens L5's image side surface

R11: curvature radius of the glass plate GF's object side surface

R12: curvature radius of the glass plate GF's image side surface

d: center thickness of lenses or the distance between lenses

d0: axial distance from open aperture S1 to object side surface of the first lens L1

d1: center thickness of the first lens L1

d2: axial distance from image side surface of the first lens L1 to object side surface of the second lens L2

d3: center thickness of the second lens L2

d4: axial distance from image side surface of the second lens L2 to object side surface of the third lens L3

d5: center thickness of the third lens L3

d6: axial distance from image side surface of the third lens L3 to object side surface of the fourth lens L4

d7: center thickness of the fourth lens L4

d8: axial distance from image side surface of the fourth lens L4 to object side surface of the fifth lens L5

d9: center thickness of the fifth lens L5

d10: axial distance from image side surface of the fifth lens L5 to object side surface of the glass plate GF

d11: center thickness of glass plate GF

d12: axial distance from image side surface to imaging surface of the glass plate GF

nd: refractive power of line d

nd1: refractive power the first lens L1's line d

nd2: refractive power the second lens L2's line d

nd3: refractive power the third lens L3's line d

nd4: refractive power the fourth lens L4's line d

nd5: refractive power the fifth lens L5's line d

nd6: refractive power the glass plate GF's line d

ν d: abbe number

ν 1: abbe number of the first lens L1

ν 2: abbe number of the second lens L2

ν 3: abbe number of the third lens L3

ν 4: abbe number of the fourth lens L4

ν 5: abbe number of the fifth lens L5

ν 6: abbe number of the glass plate GF

TTL: optical length (axial distance from object side surface to the imaging surface of the first lens L1)

LB: axial distance (including thickness of the glass plate GF) from the image side surface to the imaging surface of the fifth lens L5;

IH: Image height
y=(x2/R)/[1+{1−(k+1)(x2/R2)}1/2]+A4x4+A6x6+A8x8+A10x10+A12x12+A14x14+A16x16  (7)
where, R is axial curvature radius, k is cone coefficient, A4, A6, A8, A10, A12, A14, A16 are aspheric coefficients.

For convenience sake, the aspheric surface shown in the formula (8) shall be taken as the aspheric surfaces of all lens' surfaces. However, the invention shall not be limited to polynomial form of the aspheric surface shown in the formula (8).

Embodiment 1

FIG. 2 is the structure of camera lens LA in Embodiment 1. Data shown in Table 1: curvature radius R of the object side surfaces and the image side surfaces, center thicknesses of the lenses, distances d among the lenses, refractive powers nd and abbe numbers of the lens L1˜L5 in the Embodiment 1, wherein the camera lens LA is formed by the lens L1˜L5; Data shown in Table 2: conical coefficients k and aspheric coefficients

TABLE 1 R d nd νd S1 ∞ d0 = −0.400 R1 1.44957 d1 = 0.868 nd1 1.5441 ν1 56.12 R2 −26.32648 d2 = 0.091 R3 −8.79905 d3 = 0.220 nd2 1.6397 ν2 23.53 R4 3.11242 d4 = 0.400 R5 4.76967 d5 = 0.319 nd3 1.6397 ν3 23.53 R6 10.40301 d6 = 0.594 R7 −3.13259 d7 = 0.220 nd4 1.5441 ν4 56.12 R8 −6.93725 d8 = 1.058 R9 −2.75382 d9 = 0.606 nd5 1.5441 ν5 56.12 R10 −5.65250 d10 =  0.480 R11 ∞ d11 =  0.210 nd6 1.5168 ν6 64.17 R12 ∞ d12 =  0.216

TABLE 2 conical coefficient aspheric coefficient k A4 A6 A8 A10 Al2 A14 A16 R1 4.4341E−02 −6.9422E−03   1.5905E−02 −3.1409E−02   2.0638E−02 −9.2823E−03 −3.8426E−03 5.9629E−03 R2 0.0000E+00 −1.3667E−02 −1.1037E−02   3.7941E−02 −2.2619E−02 −7.3776E−03 −1.2378E−02 5.7942E−02 R3 0.0000E+00   1.6832E−02 −6.2396E−03   2.4848E−03   1.0000E−03   1.5650E−02   2.2685E−02 1.4708E−02 R4 1.0288E+01   2.3478E−02   7.8738E−04 −4.9068E−02 −5.8135E−02   7.0540E−02   1.2288E−01 −1.6090E−01   R5 0.0000E+00 −3.5656E−02   2.6558E−02 −2.0493E−02 −3.3756E−02 −2.2890E−02   2.8776E−02 2.7228E−02 R6 8.3685E+01 −6.2685E−02   4.1360E−05 −4.7160E−02   3.4081E−02 −5.7138E−03 −9.8519E−02 8.8282E−02 R7 4.7732E+00 −1.4694E−01 −7.4360E−02 −3.5991E−04 −2.1256E−02 −6.0236E−02 −9.5243E−02 1.4499E−01 R8 8.1515E+00 −6.1521E−02   2.1746E−02 −2.7135E−02   1.1965E−02   6.6125E−03   2.9119E−03 −2.8563E−03   R9 0.0000E+00   1.1566E−02   8.0455E−03 −2.4881E−03 −6.4046E−04   1.9254E−04   8.1450E−05 −1.8504E−05   R10 −5.5852E+00   −2.7527E−02   4.4122E−03 −2.0183E−03   3.4564E−04 −3.1867E−05 −1.0469E−05 2.8214E−06

The values in embodiment 1 and 2 and the values corresponding to the parameters specified in the conditions (1)˜(7) are shown in subsequent Table 5.

As shown on Table 5, the Embodiment 1 meets the conditions (1)˜(7).

Spherical aberration of camera lens LA in embodiment 1 is shown in FIG. 3, magnification chromatic aberration of the same is shown in FIG. 4, image surface curving and distortion aberration of the same is shown in FIG. 5. Furthermore, image surface curving S in FIG. 5 is the one opposite to the sagittal image surface, T is the one opposite to the tangent image surface. Same applies for the Embodiment 2. As shown in FIG. 3˜5, the camera lens in embodiment 1 has the properties as follows: 2ω=2.80, 2ω=47.3°, TTL=5.282 mm, camera lens is small sized and narrow angle camera lens, it is not difficult to understand why it has excellent optical properties.

Embodiment 2

FIG. 6 is the structure of camera lens LA in Embodiment 2. Data shown in Table 3: curvature radius R of the object side surfaces and the image side surfaces, center thicknesses of the lenses, distances d among the lenses, refractive powers nd and abbe numbers of the lens L1˜L5 in the Embodiment 2, wherein the camera lens LA is formed by the lens L1˜L5; Data shown in Table 4: conical coefficients k and aspheric coefficients

TABLE 3 R d nd νd S1 ∞ d0 = −0.520 R1 1.44786 d1 = 0.907 nd1 1.5441 ν1 56.12 R2 −31.58188 d2 = 0.095 R3 −8.62992 d3 = 0.215 nd2 1.6397 ν2 23.53 R4 3.10739 d4 = 0.371 R5 4.70108 d5 = 0.312 nd3 1.6397 ν3 23.53 R6 10.12155 d6 = 0.592 R7 −3.21089 d7 = 0.216 nd4 1.5441 ν4 56.12 R8 −7.02846 d8 = 1.062 R9 −2.76535 d9 = 0.612 nd5 1.5441 ν5 56.12 R10 −5.67273 d10 =  0.480 R11 ∞ d11 =  0.210 nd6 1.5168 ν6 64.17 R12 ∞ d12 =  0.208

TABLE 4 conical coefficient aspheric coefficient k A4 A6 A8 A10 Al2 A14 A16 R1 5.4663E−02 −6.0101E−03   1.7029E−02 −3.0175E−02   2.0750E-02 −9.7155E−03 −4.3007E−03 5.7275E−03 R2 0.0000E+00 −1.0184E−02 −1.3033E−02   3.5294E−02 −2.4449E−02 −9.2923E−03 −1.5404E−02 5.3202E−02 R3 0.0000E+00   1.3833E−02 −6.9433E−03   7.0334E−04 −2.4799E−03   1.1931E−02   1.9996E−02 1.3616E−02 R4 1.0313E+01   2.4855E−02 −1.8233E−03 −5.6208E−02 −5.8565E−02   7.8064E−02   1.3261E−01 −1.5467E−01   R5 0.0000E+00 −3.2926E−02   2.1651E−02 −3.4611E−02 −4.5736E−02 −2.5355E−02   3.2983E−02 3.4495E−02 R6 9.2261E+01 −5.7596E−02 −1.5125E−04 −5.6753E−02   3.0182E−02 −6.4252E−03 −1.0128E−01 8.2462E−02 R7 4.6778E+00 −1.4736E−01 −7.2760E−02   2.6323E−03 −1.6447E−02 −5.5557E−02 −9.4515E−02 1.4040E−01 R8 6.3364E+00 −6.0530E−02   2.2361E−02 −2.7100E−02   1.1658E−02   6.3440E−03   2.8878E−03 −2.7242E−03   R9 0.0000E+00   1.1727E−02   8.0465E−03 −2.4941E−03 −6.4285E−04   1.9166E−04   8.1170E−05 −1.8601E−05   R10 −4.7570E+00   −2.7824E−02   4.3643E−03 −2.0272E−03   3.4384E−04 −3.2210E−05 −1.0553E−05 2.8002E−06

As shown on Table 5, the Embodiment 2 meets the conditions (1)˜(7).

Spherical aberration of camera lens LA in embodiment 2 is shown in FIG. 7, magnification chromatic aberration of the same is shown in FIG. 8, image surface curving and distortion aberration of the same is shown in FIG. 9. The camera lens LA in embodiment 2 has properties as Fno=2.60, 2ω=47.3°, TTL=5.280 mm, camera lens is small sized and narrow angle camera lens, it is not difficult to understand why it has excellent optical properties.

The values in all embodiments and the values corresponding to the parameters specified in the conditions (1)˜(5) are shown in the Table 7. Furthermore, units of various values in Table 5 are respectively 2ω(°), f(mm), f1(mm), f2(mm), f3(mm), f4(mm), f5(mm), f6(mm), TTL(mm), LB(mm), IH(mm)

TABLE 5 Embodiment 1 Embodiment 2 Condition f1/f 0.436 0.441 1 (R5 + R6)/ −2.693 −2.735 2 (R5 − R6) (R9 + R10)/ −2.900 −2.902 3 (R9 − R10) f2/f −0.609 −0.608 4 f3/f 2.300 2.303 5 f4/f −1.830 −1.902 6 f5/f −1.819 −1.838 7 Fno 2.80 2.60 2ω 47.3 47.3 f 5.857 5.829 f1 2.553 2.569 f2 −3.569 −3.546 f3 13.472 13.422 f4 −10.716 −11.086 f5 −10.655 −10.711 TTL 5.282 5.280 LB 0.906 0.898 IH 2.619 2.619

It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present exemplary embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms where the appended claims are expressed.

Claims

1. A camera lens comprising, arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side:

a first lens with positive refractive power;
a second lens with negative refractive power;
a third lens with positive refractive power;
a fourth lens with negative refractive power; and
a fifth lens with negative refractive power; wherein the camera lens satisfies following conditions (1)˜(3): 0.30≦f1/f≦0.50  (1) −4.00≦(R5+R6)/(R5−R6)≦−0.10  (2) −3.50≦(R9+R10)/(R9−R10)≦−1.50  (3)
where,
f: overall focal distance of the camera lens;
f1: focal distance of the first lens;
R5: curvature radius of the third lens' object side surface;
R6: curvature radius of the third lens' image side surface;
R9: curvature radius of the fifth lens' object side surface;
R10: curvature radius of the fifth lens' image side surface.

2. The camera lens as described in claim 1 further satisfying following condition (4):

−1.00f2/f≦−0.50  (4)
where,
f: overall focal distance of the camera lens;
f2: focal distance of the second lens.

3. The camera lens as described in claim 1 further satisfying following condition (5):

1.20≦f3/f≦3.50  (5)
where,
f: overall focal distance of the camera lens;
f3: focal distance of the third lens.

4. The camera lens as described in claim 1 further satisfying following condition (6):

−2.50≦f4/f≦−1.00  (6)
where,
f: overall focal distance of the camera lens;
f4: focal distance of the fourth lens.

5. The camera lens as described in claim 1 further satisfying following condition (7):

−2.50≦f5/f≦−1.00  (7)
where,
f: overall focal distance of the camera lens;
f5 focal distance of the fifth lens.
Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
20150185436 July 2, 2015 Park
Patent History
Patent number: 9874726
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 26, 2017
Date of Patent: Jan 23, 2018
Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. (Singapore)
Inventor: Hiroyuki Teraoka (Shenzhen)
Primary Examiner: Alicia M Harrington
Application Number: 15/416,041
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: First Component Positive (359/764)
International Classification: G02B 13/18 (20060101); G02B 3/02 (20060101); G02B 13/00 (20060101); G02B 9/60 (20060101);